Monthly Archives: July 2009

Dangerous Bob Widin

Say hello to Caltrain Conductor Dangerous Bob Widin. Mr. Widin is a super positive guy. Widin was a set property master and got the nickname from Steven Spielburg during his work on “Back To the Future.” He’s writing a book on his Hollywood fun — he even has a publisher and editor — and he’s read more »

Arnold Schwarzenegger rides a bicycle

The California Governator is known to ride his bicycle along the American River Trail in Sacramento with his posse of bodyguards. Like many of us, Schwarzenegger also loads bikes on the back of his Hummer to transport his bikes to the trails.

Santa Cruz Fixed Gear Freak

I’ve never been to Bicycle Shop Santa Cruz aka “Fixed Gear Freak” before last weekend. There are a couple of other shops that are closer and more convenient to me, but half the kids I talk to in the South Bay with fixed gear bikes tell me they got their conversions from this shop, so read more »

iPhone bicycle apps

This is cool: WIRED lists five iPhone apps that replace bike hardware. I think the most clever is a Cyclocomputer that measures your bike’s speed by counting the sound of a plastic tab on the spokes. Another clever app is a brake light that uses the built in accelerometer. The creation of a carbon fiber read more »

Denise Richards rides a BMX bike

Denise Richards rides a BMX bicycle in Pacific Palisades, California. More celebrity bicycle photos.

2009 Mountain Bike Nationals

Believe it or not, there’s much more in competitive cycling right now than the Tour de France. The 2009 USA Mountain Bike Nationals finished up today, for example, at Sol Vista in Granby, Colorado. Over 1,200 professional and amateur off-road riders, including a very strong contingent of more than 400 junior racers, competed on the read more »